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  • Cardinal boys miss chances in tight loss

    Lawrence boys soccer By: Jim Green    Tuesday was a night of missed opportunities for the Lawrence High School boys soccer team.    The Cardinals missed several opportunities to score against Steinert, but more importantly, they missed the opportunity to keep their positive momentum going after winning back-to-back matches against Ewing and Morrisville. Despite controlling the first…

  • Relief effort gets ‘unbelievable’ response

    Donations exceed expectations for Hurricane Katrina recovery work. By: Lauren Burgoon    WASHINGTON — "This has been unbelievable."    Jodi Stephens is not exaggerating as she describes the community’s response to Robbinsville Relief Effort — the town’s campaign to send much-needed supplies and food to Ocean Springs, Miss. — with more than 75 volunteers spending countless hours…

  • Recipes galore!

    Cookbook sale continues. Carol Pfister (left) and Eileen Toth sell cookbooks, "Bell Ringing Recipes," at the Hopewell Firehouse, Columbia Avenue. The sale began Saturday and will be held again at the firehouse from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Hopewell Harvest Fair day, Sept. 24. Cookbooks cost $8 each and feature over 300 recipes.

  • Honest Liars

    Singer-songwriters Trisha O’Keefe and Matt Duke, part of the XYX trio, will perform at Grounds For Sculpture. By: Jillian Kalonick    A soundly crafted album is hard to create, as anyone who has ever made a mix CD knows. As part of Drexel University’s music industry program, students are given a chance not only to put…

  • Eggerts Crossing Road residents upset over duplex plan

    Residents want single-family houses, not multi-family units. By:Lea Kahn Staff Writer Three years ago, a group of Rutgers University graduate students were invited into the Eggerts Crossing neighborhood to help create a vision to revitalize the area.    The students, who were studying for master’s degrees in city and regional planning, prepared a report that recommended…

  • Capturing nature’s beauty with ink and paper

    What is there to observe when taking a hike through one of Lawrence’s many open spaces such as the Lawrence Nature Center? At the Nature Center, visitors may encounter a variety of habitats, including meadow, woods, and stream. Each of these is capable of supporting a unique group of plants and animals. But how does…

  • Old-style baseball returns to festival

    Crosswicks Village Festival set for Saturday By: Scott Morgan    CHESTERFIELD — Baseball’s back, by very popular demand.    Not the baseball you’re used to seeing, of course. This is definitively old school — as in Civil War-era rules. As in "Slide, Kelly Slide," or something A.G. Spalding would feel comfortable playing.    There are no gloves in…

  • Florence football’s 26th win in a row is for Cassidy

    The Flashes wanted to win this one for Jimmy "Poppy" Cassidy, who passed away. By:Sean Moylan    The entire Florence Township Memorial High School varsity football program did not have to search for inspiration to "get up" for this past Saturday’s home game versus an undermanned Trenton Catholic squad.    The Flashes wanted to win this one…

  • Library expansion nears completion

    County officials expect work on the Bordentown Branch Library expansion project to finish behind schedule, but by year’s end. By: Scott Morgan    With the projected due date for the completion of major construction on the Bordentown Branch Library expansion project nearing fast, Burlington County officials say they remain skeptical that the work will be finished…